the minister of humanitarian affairs told journalists that more than 1.3 million people had been displaced in the worst now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in the increasingly overt struggle between western liberal democracy and authoritarianism, hong kong s position is unique. it is chinese sovereign territory granted special autonomous status under a handover deal done with britain. many hong kongers hoped that deal would guarantee theirfreedoms, but those hopes have been crushed. my guest is ted hui, a hong kong pro democracy politician exiled in australia and convicted in absentia by a hong kong court. has beijing neutralised hong kong s dissenters? ted hui in adelaide, australia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. my pleasure to talk to you. you, of course, arejoining me from australia because you fled from your home, from hong kong, in late 2021, and you said you left with a very heavy heart. did you also leave with a sense of defeat? i
my guest is ted hui, a hong kong pro democracy politician exiled in australia and convicted in absentia by a hong kong court. has beijing neutralised hong kong s dissenters? thank you. my pleasure to talk to you. you, of course, arejoining me from australia because you fled from your home, from hong kong, in late 2021, and you said you left with a very heavy heart. did you also leave with a sense of defeat? i don t, because. it s common that people might think that way. it s like an escapist guilt. but as long as i m still fighting, as long as i m still speaking up for hong kong s freedom and democracy, doing my lobbying works and advocacy work, i don t feel that at all. i feel that it s a new battleground for me to speak out so that the world hears hong kong. you fled whilst facing charges. you were on bail. did it come as a surprise to you, what happened to you? cos you d been a legislator in the legislative council, you d been an activist on the streets. i m just wondering
position are just empty. when you are in a position where we ve now left the eu, but position where we ve now left the eu, but we position where we ve now left the eu, but we went from having a very close eu, but we went from having a very close trade eu, but we went from having a very close trade deal to unusually striking close trade deal to unusually striking a trade deal which tour this one striking a trade deal which tour this one apart, you will have consequences of that. no matter how much consequences of that. no matter how much that consequences of that. no matter how much that is consequences of that. no matter how much that is dressed up in terms of being much that is dressed up in terms of being seamless or straightforward, it isn t being seamless or straightforward, it isn t. because by definition, things it isn t. because by definition, things will be different and there will be things will be different and there will be some barriers. no
Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. President trump in the last hour has been speaking to members of the Us Armed Forces in tampa, florida. This is his first addressed to troops as their Commander In Chief and he has been speaking in particular about nato. We have your back, every hour of every day, now and always. That also means getting our allies to pay theirfairshare, means getting our allies to pay theirfair share, they are means getting our allies to pay their fair share, they are very unfairto us. Their fair share, they are very unfair to us. They strongly support nato. We only ask that all of the nato. We only ask that all of the nato members make theirfull and properfinancial nato members make theirfull and proper financial contributions to the nato alliance, which many of them have not been doing. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant, is here. You were sitting with me in the studio, there is President Trump making what seems like a recommitment
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